There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

By words the mind is winged.

By words the mind is winged.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often read more

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on read more

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.